Rayner scandal piles pressure on HMRC as tax surveillance force swells Politics HMRC has increased the number of staff trained to physically monitor suspected tax evaders, as pressure mounts over Angela Rayner’s £40,000 stamp duty scandal. Official figures, obtained via Freedom of Information (FOI) and shared with Morning Wire, show that 337 staff are now trained in covert surveillance, up from 171 people two years ago, in [...]